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survey

sur·vey

UK/səˈveɪ/ US/sɜːˈveɪ/ fairly common us
verb (6) noun (3)

verb

1.

consider in a comprehensive way

  • “He appraised the situation carefully before acting”
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2.

look over in a comprehensively, inspect

  • “He surveyed his new classmates”
3.

keep under surveillance

  • “The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing”
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4.

hold a review (of troops)

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5.

make a survey of; for statistical purposes

6.

plot a map of (land)

noun

1.
2.

short descriptive summary (of events)

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3.

the act of looking or seeing or observing

  • “he tried to get a better view of it”
  • “his survey of the battlefield was limited”
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Origin

From Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, surveer (“to oversee”), from sour-, sur- (“over”) + veoir, veeir (“to see”), from Latin videre. See sur- and vision. Related to supervision.

Phrases

  • aerial survey
  • Domesday survey
  • king of all one surveys
  • language survey
  • Ordnance Survey
  • phone survey
  • survey meter
  • survey mile
  • survey monument

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